women

• CDU had a conservative vision of family
• womens primary purpose was to be a wife and a mother
• 1949 Basic Law guaratenteed women and men were equal
• what was the 'Woman Standing Alone' trope?

  when a family was raised by only a woman - 1950 - 1/3 of all families led by women

  • problematic as state was obsessed with the 'full family'
• what happened in 1977?

  the Family Law book removed its final sentence , stating that it was the woman's role to look after the home and family
• why did female employment increase during 1949-1989?

  labour shortages after WW2 meant that women had to work
• employment increase from 1950 - 1970

  44.4% in 1950

  50& in 1970
• women received between 65-78% of man's wage for same work
• percentage of women working in hospitals

  75% in 1970
• women lacked representation in politics - 7% of representatives were women
• what did feminism critique?

  the disconnection in the promises of the Basic Law and what was reality for women
• 1977 - no fault divorce allowed
• 1976 - abortion legalised
• number of women using the birth control pill in 1964

  2,000
• number of women using birth control pill in 1968

  1.4 million